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Azeri grandmaster Shahriyar Mammadyarov leaves for France

07 February 2007 [09:30] - TODAY.AZ
The best Azeri chess player by FIDE's ranking Shahriyar Mammadyarov leaves for France tomorrow. 22-year-old grandmaster is going to join French championship in Paris.

Mammadyarov told APA-Sport he is going to play for "Paris Top-15" club. Michael Adams (England), Peter Svidler, Alexander Grishuk (both Russia) and Etien Bakro (France) are also play in the same club.

He noted that 11-round tournament will last till July. The teams will fight in three rounds in first stage.

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